Research On Tijuchangpingsi System In Song Dynasty

Tijuchangpingsi, also called tijusi, changpingsi, cangsi, who is in charge of changping granary, yicang, water conservancy of farmland,and the corvee. Because of its operational responsible, tijusi is in charge of adjusting grain price, aiding and comforting people in the famine years, so they have an important role in Famine policy and officials supervison system that can’t be ignored.Tijuchangpingsi system has undergone a tortuous course of development, from the ShenZong Xining years of the initial period, to the repeal of ZheZong Yuanyou and Shaosheng period reset, and GaoZong Jianyan between several disused and reset, until emperor Xiaozong period was able to stabilize, and ended with the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Lifting functions of Tijuchangpingsi gain or loss with the change of the situation, in general in the Northern Song Dynasty provided Changpingsi function is various and important, but in the Southern Song Dynasty the function has a obvious decline and atrophy, can’t be comparable with the period of the Northern Song Dynasty.The official of changpingguan, which handle the whole lu’s affair. Although officials of grade is not high, but has important responsibilities, the central government has a strict selection, assessment, supervision, rewards and punishment system, which aims to urge the changping fulfill their duties. Changpingsi subordinate officials just like zhuguan, guandang, ganbangongshi and etc. It’s number, name and authority also changed with the change of Changpingsi.,The characteristics of the Changpingsi is reflected in the hand changpingcang grains bought and sold, relief of famine as the main function, but with the passage of time and political needs, Changpingsi functions occurred significant changes, including the function of supervision, recommendation function, and economic duties of governing changpingcang, yicang, kengye, hujuetian and etc, in charge of the implementation of the new law of the political function and so on.As the central government directly delegated authority, Lu jiansi in Song Dynasty plays a connecting shaft in the maintenance of the central government and local state and county officials. Changpingsi under the supervision of the central Taijian mechanism, jurisdiction and directly attributable to Sinongsi, Shangshusheng youcao. Jiansi isn’t affiliated to Lu’s another department. These departments which relations are mutual supervise, and examine and cooperate with each other.As Lu’s jiansi, although the setting time of Changpingsi is later than Zhuanyunsi and Tixingsi.Changpingsi plays an important role in political life through the function of the operation. Although Changpingsi exsit sorts of malpractices in running process, it essential to promote local official clear, maintain the central and local relations and promote the development of the political system and economic system in Song Dynasty.Changpingsi also has a important significance for the future generations.Through the research of Changpingsi’s history, this thesis is trying to understand its operational mechanisms in Song Dynasty, understand its function in the actual process and help the historian improve the study of the Changpingsi.